In Exacum and in Saintpaulia the flowers are dimorphic in this sense: the style projects to either the right or the left side of the corolla, from which it follows that a right-handed flower would fertilise a left-handed one, and vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Exacum, dimorphism of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
I noticed Exacum, Careya, Butea arborea, Ficus, Cinchona, Kydia. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
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